Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202366118 - Employee Drowns While Working on Valve at Reservoir Outlet

Accident Summary Nr: 202366118 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 07/18/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310109632	07/24/2006	9511	924110	Pleasant Valley Water

Abstract: On the morning of July 18, 2006, Employee #1 was working both for the Zirkle Fruit Company and for a board member of the Pleasant Valley Water Users Association. He was trying to make repairs to the Leader Lake Dam outlet tower in Okanogan County, Washington. He had detached his SCUBA apparatus from his body to allow him access to valves at the bottom of a culvert fifty-three feet below the lake's surface. He drowned.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, SCUBA, DIVING, VALVE, DROWN, DIVER, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310109632			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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